| # | Team name | PPlayed | WWins | DDraws | LLosses | FGoals For | AGoals Against | GDGoals Difference | PtsPoints |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Darmstadt | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 32 | 15 | 17 | 35 |
| 3 | Elversberg | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 14 | 18 | 34 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 19 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 33 |
| 6 | 1. FC Nuremberg | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 31 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 30 |
| 8 | VfL Bochum | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 9 | 29 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 4 | 26 |
| 10 | Arminia Bielefeld | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 20 | 8 | 23 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 26 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 22 |
| 13 | Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 21 |
| 14 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 25 | -6 | 21 |
| 15 | Hertha Berlin | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -3 | 20 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | Magdeburg | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 27 | -4 | 17 |
| 18 | Preussen Muenster | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | -4 | 16 |